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Offline Livingmylife93

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Got my first truck
« on: April 08, 2009, 07:18:42 PM »
I got my first vehicle a few days ago.
I picked up a 1989 Ford F-150 4x4.
 
The goods: 
It has an automatic transmission, Power locks and windows, Cruise control, CD player, 8 foot bed, V8 302 Engine, and some other goodies from back in the day. I only paid $500. It came with all the chrome names that are missing in the pics, i have to put them back on. The interior is nice, but like everything needs some work.... Nothing a few floor mats and seat covers cant fix ;)  The interior is nicer then it looks in the picture.
 
The Bads:
Needs some minor body work above the rear wheels, has a few electrical problems, and has the normal leaks of an old vehicle and a lot of things that can be fixed. Not everything works perfectly, but within 4 months Ill have everything right.
 
It needs a lot of work until I can get it on the road, but I have 4 months until i even get my license, so I'm still ahead of the game. We bought it from a friend of my dads that lives in southern Maryland, so it was a 3 hour tow home. It was sitting on a farm doing nothing for about 3 years, so you can imagine what comes of that. Ill keep you updated with everything i do to it. There sure is a lot of work that needs to be done to it, and im really looking forward to getting into it. The gas in it is 3 years old, so its running pretty shitty for now. Crossing the Chesapeake bay bridge with this thing on the trailer during a hail storm was scary as shit. 
 
Thanks guys, let me know what you think.









« Last Edit: April 08, 2009, 07:20:15 PM by Livingmylife93 »

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Re: Got my first truck
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2009, 07:50:49 PM »
Congrats on the first ride! Promise you won't put any Calvin pissing on Chevy stickers on it. I hate that :lol:
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Re: Got my first truck
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2009, 07:52:20 PM »
Congrats on the first ride! Promise you won't put any Calvin pissing on Chevy stickers on it. I hate that :lol:

lol, i wont..
As you can see in the other pictures my dads truck is a chevy, and it did one hell of a job hauling this thing home  :thumbs:

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Re: Got my first truck
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2009, 09:24:04 PM »
Nice!!  I love my trucks, just can't drive a car anymore, feels to small  :grin_nod:

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Re: Got my first truck
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2009, 12:25:24 PM »
one of my highschool friends had tht EXACT same year and color truck..

The thing was a tank. He went ditch hoppin w/ that thing. She took some abuse for sure.  :thumbs:

I need one of those deals!!! :(


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Re: Got my first truck
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2009, 02:28:40 PM »
looks like a great first truck to me!